Kejriwal tweets on removal of EVMs in Nabha

Smelling foul play, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the Returning Officer (RO) here allowed some people to remove Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that were kept at a strong room in a college building in Nabha.

However, the district administration claimed that "nothing should be doubted" as the EVMs lying on the premises were the reserve machines for the already held 2015 municipal polls in the state. Claiming that the EVMs of 2017 assembly polls were "safe and intact", district official said that other machines were being removed to make space for the counting on March 11. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his first tweet on Monday said, "This is absolutely shocking. Punjab officials trying to remove EVM machines".

In another tweet, Kejriwal said "officers entered strongroom on the pretext of taking some papers but started removing EVMs". AAP's organisational building head and senior leader Durgesh Pathak also tweeted, saying, "RO allowed 4 people to enter the strong room where EVM machines are kept to take some papers, but they tried to move boxes with EVMs."